Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (遊☆戯☆王デュエルモンスターズ Yūgiō Dyueru Monsutāzu) is the second anime adaptation of Kazuki Takahashi's manga series of the same name. Produced by Studio Gallop, the anime ran for 224 episodes between April 2000 and September 2004 on TV Tokyo in Japan.
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Dubbing History[]
An English dub of the series was originally dubbed in Singapore for the South East Asian market. Recorded at Voiceovers Unlimited and Yuan Production Holdings in Singapore, this dub was produced for Odex Productions. The dub featured an extremely limited cast of only six known voice actors. It's not known exactly how many episodes were dubbed, though it is known to go as high as 80 episodes. An interview with Brian Zimmerman mentions that they were only contracted to do three seasons of the series, meaning it was possibly 144 episodes. [1]
In 2001, 4Kids Entertainment obtained the merchandising and television rights to the series from Konami, producing an English language version which aired in North America on Kids' WB! between September 29, 2001 and June 10, 2006, also releasing in various countries outside of Japan.
The adaptation received many changes from the Japanese version to tailor it for international audiences. These include different names for many characters and monsters, changes to the appearance of the cards to differentiate them from their real-life counterparts and various cuts and edits pertaining to violence, death and religious references to make the series suitable for children. The Japanese sound effects were replaced with American sound effects, and the background music was changed to melodramatic synth music. The opening and ending themes were changed from songs by various popular recording artists to an instrumental song done with a synthesizer.
A separate "uncut" DVD release was commissioned between 4Kids Entertainment and FUNimation Entertainment, featuring a new adaptation that is more consistent with the original. Each uncut DVD contained 3 episodes available both in an uncut, unedited English dub and the original Japanese format with English subtitles, and 3 DVDs were released, for a total of 9 uncut, uncensored and unedited episodes. A fourth DVD containing episodes 10-12 was finished, but after a series of constant delays the DVD was listed as unavailable. The reasons for the cancellation of this dub aren't clear, though 4Kids President Al Kahn has stated the uncut releases were "put on indefinite hiatus" for interfering with the edited DVD sales. Lance Heiskell, a FUNimation representative, has noted legal rights as the reason for cancellation, although he was unable to expand on it.
Cast[]
Main Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor 
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Dub Actor 
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Yugi Muto | Shunsuke Kazama | Chuck Powers | Dan Green |
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Yami Yugi | |||
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Pharaoh Atem | |||
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Seto Kaiba | Kenjirō Tsuda | Christian J. Lee | Eric Stuart |
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Kiyomi Yazawa (young) | |||
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Priest Seto | Kenjirō Tsuda | ||
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Joey Wheeler (Katsuya Jonouchi) |
Hiroki Takahashi | Dwayne Tan | Wayne Grayson |
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Mariko Nagahama (young) | |||
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Téa Gardner (Anzu Mazaki) |
Maki Saitō | Alison Lester | Amy Birnbaum |
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Tristan Taylor (Hiroto Honda) |
Takayuki Kondō (eps. 1-51) |
Brian Zimmerman | Sam Riegel (eps. 1-10) |
| Hidehiro Kikuchi (eps. 52-224) |
Greg Abbey (eps. 11-224) | |||
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Mokuba Kaiba | Junko Takeuchi | Christian J. Lee | Tara Sands (eps. 1-184) |
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Carrie Keranen (eps. 185-224) | |||
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Ryō Bakura | Yō Inoue (eps. 12-40) |
Chuck Powers | Ted Lewis |
| Rika Matsumoto (eps. 50-224) | ||||
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Yami Bakura | Yō Inoue (eps. 12-40) | ||
| Rika Matsumoto (eps. 50-224) | ||||
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Narration | Masanori Ikeda | Brian Zimmerman | Dan Green |
Secondary Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor
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Dub Actor
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Solomon Mutō (Sugoroku Muto) |
Tadashi Miyazawa | Chuck Powers | Maddie Blaustein |
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Marc Diraison (young) | |||
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Duke Devlin (Ryuji Otogi) |
Ryō Naito | Christian J. Lee | Marc Thompson |
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Serenity Wheeler (Shizuka Kawai) |
Mika Sakenobe | Alison Lester | Lisa Ortiz |
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Maximillion Pegasus (Pegasus J. Crawford) |
Shigeo Shiraishi | Brian Zimmerman | Darren Dunstan |
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Rebecca Hawkins | Kaori Tagami | Alison Lester | Kerry Williams |
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Arthur Hawkins | Saburo Kodaka | Brian Zimmerman | Mike Pollock |
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Marik Ishtar | Tetsuya Iwanaga | Christian J. Lee | Jonathan Todd Ross |
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Akiko Kimura (young) | |||
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Yami Marik | Tetsuya Iwanaga | ||
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Shadi | Nozomu Sasaki | Chuck Powers | Wayne Grayson |
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Odion Ishtar (Rishid Ishtar) |
Atsushi Kondo | Brian Zimmerman | J. David Brimmer |
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Chuck Powers | Ted Lewis | ||
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Sakura Nogawa (young) |
Julian Adler | ||
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Mai Valentine (Mai Kujaku) |
Haruhi Terada | Alison Lester | Megan Hollingshead (eps. 3-143) |
| Erica Schroeder (eps. 148-184) | ||||
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Weevil Underwood (Insector Haga) |
Urara Takano | Brian Zimmerman | James Carter Cathcart |
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Rex Raptor (Dinosaur Ryuzaki) |
Kin Fujii (eps. 2-78) |
Brian Zimmerman (eps. 2-12) |
Sam Riegel (eps. 2-131) |
| Yūichi Nakamura (eps. 131-219) |
¿? (eps. 58-131) |
Sebastian Arcelus (eps. 145-184) | ||
| Anthony Salerno (eps. 188-219) | ||||
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Bandit Keith Howard | Hajime Komada | Brian Zimmerman | Ted Lewis |
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Ishizu Ishtar | Sumi Shimamoto | Alison Lester | Karen Neill |
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Sakura Nogawa (young) | |||
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Noah Kaiba | Chisa Yokoyama | Taaz Gill | Andrew Rannells |
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Gozaburo Kaiba | Tetsuo Komura | Chuck Powers | Richard Will (eps. 100-144) |
| Ted Lewis (ep. 190) | ||||
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Gansley (Konosuke Oshita) |
Nobuyuki Saito (eps. 43-45) |
Brian Zimmerman | Eric Stuart (eps. 43-45) |
| Shintarō Sonooka (eps. 98-113) |
Marc Thompson (eps. 98-113) | |||
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Crump (Shuzo Otaki) |
Satoshi Tsuruoka (eps. 43-45) |
Chuck Powers | Robert O'Gorman |
| Ryosuke Otani (eps. 98-113) | ||||
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Johnson (Chikuzen Oka) |
Shinichi Yashiro | Wayne Grayson (eps. 43-45) | |
| Christopher Collet (eps. 98-113) | ||||
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Nezbitt (Soichiro Ota) |
Hiroomi Sugino | Brian Zimmerman | David Wills |
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Leichter (Kogoro Daimon) |
Eiji Takemoto (eps. 43-45) |
Tom Souhrada | |
| Hisashi Izumi (eps. 98-113) | ||||
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Dartz | Yu Emao | Wayne Grayson | |
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Rafael | Yoshihisa Kawahada | Marc Thompson | |
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Mariko Nagahama (young) | |||
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Alister (Amelda) |
Yukinara Iemura | Ted Lewis | |
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Hitomi Utahara (young) | |||
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Valon | Takeshi Maeda | Marc Thompson | |
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Knight Timaeus | Shunsuke Kazama | Dan Green | |
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Knight Critias | Kenjirō Tsuda | Eric Stuart | |
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Knight Hermos | Hiroki Takahashi | Wayne Grayson | |
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Siegfried (Lloyd) Von Schroeder | Eisuke Tsuda | Oliver Wyman | |
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Hiromi Setsu (young) | |||
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Leon (Wilson) Von Schroeder | Seiko Naguchi | Andrew Rannells | |
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Zorc Necrophades | Yoshitaka Kaizu | Mike Pollock |
Recurring Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor
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Dub Actor
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Kemo (Saruwatari) |
Mazahiro Okazaki | Brian Zimmerman | Eric Stuart |
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Mako Tsunami (Ryota Kajiki) |
Daisuke Namikawa | Dwayne Tan | Andrew Rannells |
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Yuki Nakao (young) | |||
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Croquet (Mr. Crocketts) |
Yoshikazu Nagano | Ted Lewis | |
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PaniK (Player Killer of Darkness) |
Holly Kaneko | Brian Zimmerman | David Moo |
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Bonz (Ghost Kozuka) |
Masami Suzuki | Chuck Powers | Amy Birnbaum |
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Sid (Takaido) |
Eiji Takemoto | Eric Stuart | |
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Zygor (Satake) |
Norihisa Mori | Maddie Blaustein | |
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Para (Mei) |
Takashi Matsuyama | Brian Zimmerman | Sam Riegel (ep. 19) |
| Jerry Lobozzo (eps. 20-21) | ||||
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Dox (Kyu) |
Jin Nishimura | Jerry Lobozzo | |
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Johnny Steps (Step Johnny) |
Hideki Honda | Chuck Powers | Christopher Collet |
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Witty Phantom (Demon Death-Satan) |
Eiji Takemoto | Brian Zimmerman | Darren Dunstan |
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Strings / The Quiet One (Pantomimer) |
Tetsuya Iwanaga | Christian J. Lee | Jonathan Todd Ross |
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Roland (Isono) |
Masami Iwasaki | Chuck Powers | David Wills (eps. 81-127) |
| Wayne Grayson (eps. 128-148) | ||||
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Arkana (Pandora) |
Takehito Koyasu | Brian Zimmerman | Sam Riegel |
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Seeker (Rare Hunter) |
Richard Will | ||
 
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Lumis (Mask Of Light) |
Yū Mizushima | James Carter Cathcart | |
 
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Umbra (Mask Of Darkness) |
Kōji Ishii | Chuck Powers | Christopher Collet |
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Espa Roba | Maiko Itō | Sebastian Arcelus | |
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Kenta | Mie Sonozaki | Christian J. Lee | Veronica Taylor |
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Vivian Wong | Rie Tanaka | Allyson Johnson | |
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Dark Magician Girl (Black Magician Girl) |
Fuyuka Ono (eps. 102-103) |
Erica Schroeder | |
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Yuki Nakao (eps. 147-219) | |||
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Mr. Ishtar | Motomu Anzaki | ¿? | Richard Will |
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Gurimo | James Onoda | Mike Pollock | |
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Ironheart | Yūsaku Yara | Brian Maillard | |
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Chris | Chieko Higuchi | Veronica Taylor | |
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Mahad | Kazunari Kojima | Michael Sinterniklaas | |
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Kenji Iwama (young) | |||
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Mana | Yuki Nakao | Erica Schroeder | |
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Shimon Muran | Tadashi Miyazawa | Maddie Blaustein | |
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Thief King Bakura | Rika Matsumoto | Ted Lewis | |
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Karim | Masahito Kawanaga | Marc Diraison | |
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Isis | Sumi Shimamoto | Karen Neill | |
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Shada | Nozomu Sasaki | J. David Brimmer | |
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Aknadin | Hitoshi Bifu (eps. 201-212) |
Oliver Wyman | |
| Kōji Ishii (eps. 213-214) | ||||
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Aknamkanon | Yōichi Kobiyama | Marc Thompson | |
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Bobasa | Yū Mizushima | Sean Schemmel | |
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Kisara | Rie Nakagawa | Carrie Keranen | |
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Hasan | Masanori Ikeda | ¿? |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor
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Dub Actor
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Episode |
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| First Season | |||||
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Hobson | Chuck Powers | James Carter Cathcart | 1 | |
| ¿? | 103 | ||||
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Informant | Dwayne Tan | Wayne Grayson | 1 | |
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Tournament Announcer | Hiroshi Kikkawa | Eric Stuart | 2 | |
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Tetsu Trudge | Yūji Kishi | Brian Zimmerman | Dan Green | 3 |
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Man A | Eiji Takemoto | Eric Stuart | ||
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Man B | Hiroshi Kikkawa | Wayne Grayson | ||
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Duelist A | Eiji Takemoto | Dwayne Tan | Sam Riegel | 4 |
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Duelist B | Masaru Hotta | Chuck Powers | Eric Stuart | |
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Duelist C | Mika Ishibashi | Christopher Collet | ||
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Blacksuit | Dwayne Tan | Wayne Grayson | ||
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Boy | Mika Ishibashi | Christian J. Lee | Eric Stuart | 6 |
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Mako's Father | Brian Zimmerman | 7 | ||
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Computer Voice | Masaru Hotta | ¿? | Sam Riegel | 8 |
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Losing Duelist | Mika Ishibashi | Christian J. Lee | Ted Lewis | |
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Blacksuit A | Eric Stuart | |||
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Blacksuit B | Chuck Powers | Sam Riegel | ||
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Synthetic Voice | Yuki Nakao | Alison Lester | Megan Hollingshead | 9 - 10 |
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Mimic of Doom | Tony Hirota | Brian Zimmerman | Wayne Grayson | 10 |
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Sam | Mika Ishibashi | Alison Lester | Amy Birnbaum | 16 |
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Jersey Man | Brian Zimmerman | Eric Stuart | 22 | |
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Cecelia Pegasus | Risa Mizuno | Alison Lester | ¿? | 40 |
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Princess Adena | Eri Sendai | ¿? | 44 - 45 | |
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Adena's Nursemaid | Mariko Nagahama | Rachael Lillis | ||
| Second Season | |||||
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Mrs. Muto | Masami Suzuki | Alison Lester | 50 | |
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Shopkeeper | Hidenobu Kiuchi | Chuck Powers | Ted Lewis | 55 |
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Mrs. Wheeler | Chiaki Kosaka | Alison Lester | Karen Neill | |
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Doctor | Brian Zimmerman | Sam Riegel | ||
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Koji Nagumo | Makoto Tomita | Dwayne Tan | Christopher Collet | 60 |
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Duelist | Kohei Kiyasu | Chuck Powers | Andrew Rannells | |
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Thieving Kid | Brandon Weiss | 63 | ||
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Jean-Claude Magnum | Hozumi Gōda | Brian Zimmerman | Greg Abbey | 80 |
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Mrs. Ishtar | Akari Hibino | Alison Lester | ¿? | 87 - 89 |
| Third Season | |||||
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Computer Voice | ¿? | Karen Neill | 120 | |
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Dream Opponent | ¿? | Oliver Wyman | 133 | |
| Fourth Season | |||||
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Mikey | Tomomi Yachi | Sebastian Arcelus | 150, 167 | |
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Aaron | Sachie Maruyama | 166 | ||
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Car Salesman | Darren Dunstan | 171 | ||
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Air Force Captain | Christopher Collet | 177 | ||
| Fifth Season | |||||
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Rick | Yuki Nakao | Pete Capella | 185 - 186 | |
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Richard Goat | Kazuma Takeo | Ted Lewis | 187 - 188 | |
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Paul McGregor | Shinobu Matsumoto | Wayne Grayson | 190 | |
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Abe The Monkey Man | Mikio Katsuyama | Maddie Blaustein | ||
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Ethan Shark | Shinobu Matsumoto | David Wills | 191 | |
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Balfry Ginger | Mika Ishibashi | Sam Riegel | 192 | |
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Ahmet | Makoto Tomita | Marc Thompson | 199 | |
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Mushara | Yoshikazu Nagano | Maddie Blaustein | ||
Additional Voices[]
Odex Dub
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4Kids Dub
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4Kids Uncut Dub (Episodes 1-12)[]
| Image | Characters | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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Tristan Taylor | Takayuki Kondō | Greg Abbey |
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Mai Valentine | Haruhi Terada | Kathleen Delaney |
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Rex Raptor | Kin Fujii | Sebastian Arcelus |
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Narration | Masanori Ikeda | Eric Stuart |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Episode |
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Informant | Christopher Collet | 1 | |
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Man A | Eiji Takemoto | 3 | |
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Man B | Hiroshi Kikkawa | Eric Stuart | |
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Duelist A | Eiji Takemoto | 4 | |
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Duelist B | Masaru Hotta | Christopher Collet | |
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Duelist C | Mika Ishibashi | Sebastian Arcelus | |
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Blacksuit | Christopher Collet | ||
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Boy | Mika Ishibashi | Wayne Grayson | 6 |
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Computer Voice | Masaru Hotta | Lisa Ortiz | 8 |
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Blacksuit A | Andrew Rannells | ||
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Blacksuit B | Christopher Collet | ||
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Synthetic Voice | Yuki Nakao | Lisa Ortiz | 9 - 10 |
Additional Voices[]
Notes[]
- Greg Abbey was originally cast as Yugi, and can be heard in a promotional trailer. Abbey briefly moved to Los Angeles, so the role was recast with Dan Green. Abbey would later replace Sam Riegel as Tristan Taylor.
- Mai Valentine is the lone main/recurring character to be recast in the Uncut Dub. This is more likely due to it being dubbed around the time that Megan Hollingshead moved to Los Angeles and before being recast with Erica Schroeder for the main edited dub.
- Tara Sands was replaced by Carrie Keranen as Mokuba Kaiba in season 5 due to Sands moving to Los Angeles. Sands later returned as Mokuba in The Dark Side of Dimensions.
- The roles played by Richard Will were initially assumed to have been voiced by David Wills, due to the similarity in both name and voice it was assumed that Richard Will was an alias. However, it would later be confirmed by David Wills himself that he was not the voice actor.[2]
- The appearance of the cards was changed to a new design only featuring the card art, attribute, level, and stats rather than showing the real-life product. 4Kids Entertainment's Senior Vice President of Digital Media Mark Kirk claimed that the reason for editing the appearance of the cards was because U.S. TV broadcast laws dictated that the cards were not allowed to look exactly like the real cards that are sold; otherwise, the show would legally be considered a commercial rather than a cartoon, and the cost to air it would be exponentially higher. However, two of the movies do contain the original card designs as they do not have to comply with these regulations.
Transmission[]
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
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| 2001-2006 | The WB (Kids WB!) |
United States |
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| 2001-2006 | YTV | Canada | 
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| 2002-2006 | Nickelodeon | United Kingdom | 
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| 2003-2005 | Cartoon Network | United States |
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| 2006-2007 | FOX (Foxblock / 4Kids TV) |
United States |
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| 2009-2010 | The CW | ||
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
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| FUNimation Entertainment | 2002-2005 | 
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Episodes 1-132 | NTSC | United States |
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| 30 Volumes | ||||||
| 2002-2005 | 
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Episodes 1-172 | 1 NTSC | |||
| 35 Volumes | ||||||
| 2004 | Season 1 | |||||
| 6 Discs | ||||||
| 2004-2005 | Episodes 1-9 (Uncut) | |||||
| 3 Volumes | ||||||
| 2004-2008 | Season 5 | |||||
| 2 Volumes | ||||||
| 2008 | Seasons 2-3 | |||||
| 2 Volumes | ||||||
| New Video Group | 2013-2014 | The Complete Series | ||||
| 10 Volumes | ||||||
| The Complete Series | ||||||
| 5 Volumes | ||||||
References[]
- ↑ An Interview with Zoro! - The Singaporean One Piece Dub! Retrieved 27 Oct '17.
- ↑ Voice Compare: Yu-Gi-Oh! - Gozaburo Kaiba on Behind the Voice Actors
